Business Management Essay

            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
             1 Geographical Departmentalisation 8.
            
             3 Drawbacks of Geographic and Functional Departmentalisation 10.
            
            
             The purpose of this report is to identify, discuss and evaluate how planning and organising can be used by managers of Myers to serve their customers better.
             1.2 Introduction on Myers.
             Since the acquisition by Coles in 2006, Myers was downgraded as a listed company, which has proven advantageous to the organization. This meant that Myers could focus within the internal functions of the company. With the introduction of a new management team, it has been granted broad authority to introduce changes within Myers (Robbins, et al, 2009).
             1.3 Scope.
             This report will focus on the two management functions utilised by Myers, mainly planning and organising and how Myers have utilised these two management functions in relation to their company in order to adapt to the changing needs of their customers and the market.
             1.4 Methodology.
             The data collected here are mainly from academic journal website sources, which are secondary sources of information that have been peer-reviewed and verified to be relevant.
             1.4 Assumptions and Limitations.
             The information gathered for this report was gathered from academic journals and textbooks, which are accurate and relevant. The limitations are the lack of primary data for this report.
             1.5 Plan.
             This report would analyse in depth on how Myers have engaged on planning and organising management functions and adapted it to the current market conditions as well as meeting consumers' needs and wants. In addition, it would evaluate on the relevancy of these two management functions in relation to Myers. Lastly, it would address any short-comings of the management functions utilised by Myers and give recommendations on how best to deal with these short-comings or disadvantages to the organisation. .
             2.0 Planning.
             Planning involves defining the organisation's goals, establishing an overall strategy for achieving those goals, and developing a comprehensive set of plans to integrate and coordinate organisational work.